Five offices of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation featured in CCP Madrid2050

The contacts established between Wallonia-Brussels Architectures and the COAM – Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid are already proving fruitful. These exchanges pave the way for greater visibility of the architectural expertise of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation within a major initiative: Madrid2050.

Madrid2050: a platform to anticipate urban transformation

COAM is deeply involved in the Madrid2050 Forum, a collaborative platform that officially launched its work by bringing together more than 90 entities from across the construction sector’s value chain: public administrations, companies, universities, professional bodies and social organisations.

Facing an anticipated population growth of more than one million new inhabitants by 2040, Madrid2050 structures its work around four groups:

• Habitability and Housing
• Mobility and Infrastructure
• Public Space and Facilities
• Regeneration and Rehabilitation

Their shared objective is clear: to anticipate concrete responses to the urban, social and environmental challenges the Madrid region will face over the next fifteen years.

CCPMadrid2050: a comparative exhibition

The next Forum session will take place on 9 to 11 December in Madrid. In parallel, Madrid2050 has entrusted Cities Connection Project (CCP) with the organisation of an international exhibition: CCPMadrid2050.

Among the international projects selected, five offices from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation will be featured:
AgwA, MSA, Karbon, Olivier Fourneau and Baumans-Deffet.

On 11 December, two international round tables will extend the discussions.
The Wallonia-Brussels Federation will be represented by Bernard Deffet in the session titled “Reinhabiting the city: the everyday as an urban project".

Baumans-Deffet

Architect, head of the architecture department at the University of Liège, and cofounder of Baumans-Deffet Architecture Urbanisme, Bernard Deffet develops work at the intersection of professional practice, research and sustainable urban design.

Find the full Madrid2050 programme on the official website.